Associated Press - Wed June 01, 2022
Hyundai Motor Group to Build $5.5B Electric Vehicle Plant Near Savannah, Ga.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp called the deal his state made recently with Hyundai Motor Group as the largest economic development project in the Peach State's history. At a groundbreaking ceremony May 20, the South Korean manufacturer revealed that its plans to construct a massive $5.5 billion electric vehicle (EV) plant near Savannah — one that will employ thousands of people....
CEG - Thu May 26, 2022
Yancey CAT Rental Store Holds Grand Opening
A huge crowd rolled through Yancey's newest CAT Rental Store during a grand opening celebration event/ribbon-cutting at the all-new Cumming, Ga., facility on May 12. Cumming, Ga., is the 23rd city in Georgia in which Yancey has a facility....
KA Group - Tue May 17, 2022
K-Tec, Ashland Acquire Metalcraft Scrapers
K-Tec Earthmovers and Ashland Industries, market leaders in pull-pan scraper earthmoving products, announced the acquisition of Metalcraft of GA Inc. This acquisition provides a facility presence in southeastern United States along with expanded product offerings from the Metalcraft brand....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 12, 2022
C.W. Matthews Expects to Complete $111M Phase 2 of Jackson County, Ga. Project in Coming Months
C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. began work on the Georgia Department of Transportation's $111 million I-85 Widening, Phase II (SR 53 to US 129) project in June 2021 that is taking place in the municipalities of Braselton and Pendergrass (Jackson County) to ease traffic congestion....
CEG - Thu May 12, 2022
Yancey Truck Centers Feature Nikola Vehicles at Georgia Ride & Drive Event
Yancey Truck Centers, a division of Yancey Bros. Co. , hosted a "ride and drive" event in Austell, Ga., April 27 featuring the Nikola TRE Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) and Xos Inc. Class 3-6 electric vehicles....
Terex Utilities - Mon May 09, 2022
Terex Opens New Georgia Service Center
Terex Utilities has opened a new Terex service center in Georgia. The brand-new location in Atlanta was built-to-suit, offering full-service repair facilities, as well as inspections, preventative maintenance, transfers and rebuilds, and more....
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Thu May 05, 2022
Construction Has Begun on New $130M Classic Center Arena in Athens, Ga.
A ceremonial groundbreaking on April 28 in Athens, Ga., signaled the beginning of construction on a new $130 million arena in the city — one designed to seat up to 8,500 attendees. Currently dubbed the "Classic Center Arena," it will likely have a new corporate sponsor name attached to it by the time it opens in the fall of 2023, if the building schedule hold, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported....
Georgia Southern University - Wed May 04, 2022
Georgia Southern University Has Plan in Place to Build New Convocation Center
With final budget approval from the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents, Georgia Southern University has completed planning of its new, spacious convocation center. With the financing in place, the Statesboro school is moving forward with the facility's development....
Atlanta Journal-Constitution & GDOT - Tue May 03, 2022
Georgia DOT Selects Joint-Venture Team for $685.6M I-285/I-20 Project
Georgia added fuel to a massive road-building binge in metro Atlanta on April 21 when it chose a contractor to rebuild the Interstate 285 interchange at Interstate 20 east of the city, one of the state's first Major Mobility Investment Program (MMIP) projects when it was first envisioned four years ago....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 14, 2022
Emergency Repair: C.W. Matthews Corrects Bridge Deck On I-85
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is one of the largest and most active DOTs in the country and it recently sprang into action when emergency I-85 northbound bridge deck repairs were required near Exit 137 in the city of Jefferson, between the municipalities of Braselton and Pendergrass....
